I thought I would write a follow up review of ITV1's Fortune, despite nearly losing the will to live at about half way through. I'm not sure if it was the hideous "contestants" or the awful, inconsistent approach from the panellists but this was terrible. But also terribly compelling and I managed to keep watching.

I suppose the standout entrant was the little boy who had been "diagnosed" as "exceptionally bright". I had a natural empathy with him because I've long suspected I suffer from extreme intelligentsia but it hasn't been spotted by the medical profession yet. He wanted 38k to pay for him to goto college. But it turned out he had just written his first book about a young wizard with OCD - prompting Lord Archer to make the funny observation, "It's often to best to start out autobiographical" - which actually sounds like a hilarous premise for a book. Think Harry Potter-cum-Monk. So if the book is any good, publish it and use the money to pay for the college. And if it's no good, then it wasn't really much of an achievement so stop bragging about it!

Also, the more I hear them not mention how wealthy Kanye King is, whilst specifically telling us how much the others are worth, the more curious it makes me about how much she is worth and what qualifies her for a position on the "fortune five".

So more oddball entertainment but nothing much learned. What looks more promising is the forthcoming Tycoon, which was trailed during one of the ad breaks starring another escapee from the Dragons' Den, Peter Jones, where he promises to invest in great new business ideas with his own money.

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